EuropeanCouncil

Inception

In a memo dated August 1973, Jean Monnet called on the heads of government to create a ‘provisional European government’ The European Council was proposed by the then French president Valéry Giscard d'Estaing with Monnet’s support at the December summit in Paris in 1974

From Maastricht to LisbonThe treaty of Maastricht recognized the

European Council as an informal body of the heads of governments of member states which gave political direction and impetus to the EU.

Lisbonization legalized this basic function of the European Council and also granted it the status of being one of the 7 EU institutions while laying the groundwork (zeminini hazırlamak) for a detailed organizational structure.

Organizational Structure

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President of the European Council

President of the European Commission

Presidency of the Council of the Union

General

Affairs

Council

European Council

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Agenda decisions based on Qualified Majority

President of the European Council

• He was the Prime Minister of Poland

• Came to the Office 1 December 2014

• Permanent Presidency for 2.5 years

• Preceded by Herman Van Rompuy ( who was saying ‘Turkey won’t be a member of European Union’ )

• Can not hold national positions in the office

Some Programs

Eastern Partnership

• Promoting Democracy

• Empowering People

• Financial Backing

• Bilateral Cooperation

• Supporting Mobility

• Increasing Trade

Stockholm Program

The Stockholm Program sets out the European Union’s (EU) priorities for the area of justice, freedom and security for the period 2010-14.

• Europe of rights• Europe of

justice• Europe that

protects

• Europe of solidarity

• Europe in a globalized world

• Access to Europe

Euro 2020

Agenda of the Pact

Disrupting international

organized crime

Preventing terrorism and radicalisation

Raising citizen’s and businesses online security

Strengthening EU border

management

Increasing resilience to crises

and disaster

Internal Security Strategy

European Stability Mechanism

Euro Plus Pact

Eurozone ParticipantsNon-Euro Participants

To strengthen the economic pillar of the monetary union

This Pact focuses primarily on areas that fall under national competence and are key for increasing competitiveness (rekabet gücünün arttırılması) and avoiding harmful imbalances.

The Common Security and Defense Policy

Increasing the effectiveness, visibility and

impact of CSDP

Strengthening Europe's defence

industry

Enhancing the development of

capabilities